Morning Links: Film cuts, Kiwi wine and the sex trade

He started in 1941 and kept it until 2001, and now the sixty year diary of over 2 million characters has been published. (article in Chinese)

Now it's Westerners asking the Chinese to cut out parts of their films?

Daniel A Bell asks whether China might not learn from Singapore and consider the "pragmatic benefits of legalizing the trade" — meaning the sex industry.

This part of a new "diversification strategy designed to move the industry away from the traditional markets of the UK, US, and Australia."

Which doesn't mean that prostitution is allowed elsewhere, just that the problem is more serious in this particular area, leading local law enforcement to put up the sign.

Red lights will now indicate service quality, with a minimum of three of five stars necessary—the stars that you currently see inside the taxi on the driver's name/ID card.

China's capital Beijing is bulging with 15.6 million permanent residents and the city government may have to rein in the population growth by granting fewer "hukou", or permanent residence certificates, to new settlers in the coming years.

Chinese auditors believe 37 million dollars has been embezzled from funds earmarked for resettling residents displaced by China's landmark Three Gorges Dam project, state press has reported.